Gilded Age

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Nativism

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Policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Law that prohibited further unskilled Chinese immigration in order to reduce competition for jobs

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Urbanization

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The growth of cities

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Vertical Integration

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A business practice in which a single manufacturer controls all of the steps used to change raw materials into finished products.

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Horizontal Integration

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A business practice in which a company takes over all of its competitors.

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Social Darwinism

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Theory that claims the best people in society are the ones who rise to the top

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Labor Union

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An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members

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Blacklist

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A list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment.

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Ellis Island

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Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892

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Tenements

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Narrow, low-rise apartment buildings common in cities during the Gilded Age